It has been three days since the night James spent with Pinkie. After that night though Pinkie’s attitude seemed to have changed drastically. She no longer had these weird moods of her and she seemed to be more energetic. James was happy to help Pinkie feel better about her parties and she showed her appreciation when they were alone together by having a make out session. Through the three days James has made different modifications to Trixie’s cart. He made a built in fog machine, added more tubes for fireworks that she shot off, and then he added a special magic projector that she could use by combining her magic with it to make a cool visual show. James went down the list to make sure that the changes that he made weren’t too completely drastic and made sure that if Trixie wanted to she could remove them. He still needed a couple more weeks to make sure that the caravan was finished for her.

The weather has gotten very cold as they were nearing the end of December and getting close to Christmas. During his time off James went to various stores to get everypony a present. Spitfire got two because one was to be just a joke and it was a cookbook but her real present was something special. James lost a good portion of his money but it was worth it. When he was in Canterlot one day he came across a jewelry store that caught his attention. When he entered he was surprised to see all the gems. As he looked through the assorted gems he found one that really stuck out. When he asked the store keep what it was she told him that it was a fire gem a very rare gem that you could only get from a dragon. James asked what the price of the gem was and nearly had a heart attack. It cost three thousand and five hundred bits. James was glad that during the time that he worked he never really had to spend much at Ponyville so he was able to maintain five thousand bits. Swallowing his pride James paid the three thousand and five hundre and left with his gift.

During multiple stays at Canterlot James was able to find his friends gifts there. James knew that Canterlot held many buildings that he could get nice gifts if he was able to find a fire gem for Spitfire. Fluttershy mentioned a few times that a couple of new veterinary books came out that she would like. Rainbow Dash mentioned a Daring Do collection. Rarity was looking for some new fashion designs and James found a new design book from Prance. Lightning Dust wanted a new flight book that would help with flight tricks. Pinkie wanted a new sweets book that came out that had some very good sweets all the way from Manehattan. James went to a magic bookstore and looked around for some spell books for both Trixie and Twilight. As he went through the store he saw an old ancient tome of spells and a book that held some spells of visual arts. James then headed to a music store. There he was able to find a set of sub woofers for Vinyl since hers were dying out then he got Octavia a new cello case and bow and Finally for Lyra a new harp because hers was starting to get old and couldn’t stay in tune. After all the shopping James was left with only two hundred and fifty bits. It was worth it though to see all his friends happy.

James was alone in the library and was reading a book on pegasus physiology because he needed to check something on pegasus wings. It was bugging him since his night with Spitfire on why her wings flared to life when they had sex. When he reached the chapter on wings he began reading it. As he went through it he learned that when a pegasus becomes fully arouse their wings will spread to full length to let their partner they were enjoying themselves. James now understanding of pegasi a little more put the book away happy. As James went to go sit on the couch the door burst open and Fluttershy came flying in. She was in a fluster about something and James was trying to calm her down so he could help her.

“Fluttershy take a few breaths and tell me what is going on.”

“Its angel he is very sick and I don’t know what is wrong.”

“Okay Fluttershy I understand but freaking out isn’t going to help. Lets grab the books on treating animals and head back to your cottage okay.” Fluttershy nodded her head and they went about gathering the books that they needed. Once they had their books they headed down back to Fluttershy’s cottage. James actually for the first time had to try to keep up with Fluttershy. It looked like when one of her pets got sick she really gained a lot of stamina to make sure they are okay. When they arrived James saw that most of her animals were gone, probably out in the forest somewhere sleeping for hibernation. They entered the cottage and there was fire started and a cauldron over the flames cooking something. James had his attention pulled away by Fluttershy when she dragged him over to Angel. Angel didn’t look so well. His breathing was very shallow and he was sweating a lot.

“Okay Fluttershy I need you to bring me a warm wet wash cloth and a bowel of cold water. While you go grab those I’ll start looking through the books and see if I can figure out what is wrong with him.” Fluttershy left and James began looking through the books. As he went through the only sickness that made sense was just the common flu. Fluttershy came back in with the cloth and bowel and James proceeded to place the cloth on Angel’s head.

“Do you know what could have caused this?” Fluttershy asked worriedly as she watched Angel breath slowly.

“I think that it may just be a common flu bug but I need to check his heartbeat to make sure.” Fluttershy handed James a stethoscope and he went in to listen to the little bunnies heartbeat. Angel’s heartbeat was steady and calm and James knew that it was just the flu.

“He just has the flu Fluttershy. Just give him some medicine and give him a good nights rest and he should be good to go.” Fluttershy calmed down a bit more now knowing that her little Angel bunny was going to be okay. James smiled at Fluttershy knowing that she wouldn’t have to lose her pet bunny.

“James thank you so much for helping Angel. I just don’t know what I would do if I lost him.” Fluttershy was ready to cry out of fear and happiness of Angel. James just looked over at the little mare and smiled. Out of all the mares he has ever met Fluttershy was the strongest and kindest hearted out of them all.

“James would you like to stay for dinner since you’re here. You don’t have to if you don’t want. I just thought that I would offer and I would like to have some company to help watch over Angel with.”

“Fluttershy I am more than happy to join you for dinner. After the scare that you went through I think I will also stay to help look after Angel.” Fluttershy looked at James and smiled but when James returned the smile Fluttershy quickly hid behind her mane. James just shrugged it off because it was just adorable to see Fluttershy do that.

Fluttershy went to the kitchen and James followed wanting to help with dinner. Before he entered though he looked into the cauldron to see that there were some ingredients in it already. James took a sample taste of the food and it was delicious. After having that taste explosion in his mouth he went to the kitchen. When he got there he saw Fluttershy carrying tomatoes, potatoes, and onions. She was apparently having trouble trying to carry it all so James came over and cut the load in half. Fluttershy gave him smile and they went back into the living room. When they got there James and Fluttershy threw the rest of the food into the cauldron and let it cook. The crackling of the fire was calming to James. It reminded him of when he and his squad were in the Sahara after a plane crash. They were all so jumpy during the night because they didn’t know what the desert held. Blake would create a fire during the night and tell fantasy stories to help ease everyone. Even if the stories were completely outrageous it did everyone some good because they didn’t end up going crazy from the desert. James laughed remembering the stories that Blake told.

“Hey Fluttershy I just thought that I would bring this up that Angel is a complete ass sometimes. There was one time where he kicked me in the face and another where he got a bunch of the other critters and they tripped me.”

“Oh my I guess that I need to have a talk with Angel. He knows that he shouldn’t be doing such things no matter what the reason.”

“I wouldn’t worry about too much Fluttershy. He is just trying to keep you safe and I can’t blame him. You are pretty much like a mother to him and he doesn’t want to lose you. I hold respect for him that he would put himself in such danger just to keep you safe.” James just put a hand on Fluttershy’s shoulder showing that he really didn’t mind getting beat by a tiny bunny even though it really hurt his pride a lot. Fluttershy looked to James and then back at Angel and smiled not just at James for being so caring but also that Angel really cared for her that much. Fluttershy went to back to the cauldron and saw that the food was ready. She left and grabbed two bowels for each of them to get some of the food. Dinner was fairly quiet and not much was shared between the two. After dinner James took the bowels to the kitchen and cleaned them up.

“Uh… James… If you want you can share my bed with me so you don’t have to sleep on that couch.” Fluttershy offered this while hiding behind her mane, which after seeing her do that James couldn’t help but say yes. They headed upstairs for the bedroom and James just took off his shoes and shirt and as he headed for bed he quickly turned around as Fluttershy was stripping down to her panties and bra. James uncomfortably shuffled into bed with Fluttershy trying to keep himself calm. As he was able to get his heart rate and stop his erection he was able to fall asleep in time with Fluttershy’s breathing. James was asleep for an hour before some stirring woke him up. He looked to his right but didn’t notice Fluttershy next to him. He was able to get some of his grogginess out of the way and felt something warm and wet around his lower member. James lifted up the covers to see Fluttershy sucking him. He couldn’t help the groans of pleasure that he released as Fluttershy sent him to pure heavenly bliss.

“Fluttershy I’m about to cum.” James grunted as he released his seed deep down Flutterhsy’s throat. She swallowed it all and came back up to meet him at eye level. She grabbed his shaft that was still erect and lined it up with her marehood. She was soaking wet. James could tell that she was probably touching herself when she blew him because when she came down on him he slid in very easily. He met no resistance until he felt something blocking his path but before he could say anything about it Fluttershy went down on him and took him all the way in. Fluttershy waited a bit before continuing as she adjusted to James’ girth. Once she was comfortable she began to go up and down on him slowly building a rhythm. James brought his hands up her back and started to rub the base of her wings. James noticed that her wings were slowly extending and this showed how aroused she was becoming. James brought himself up and began to nibble on her feathers. Fluttershy released a moan of pleasure as James continued to nibble on her feathers and rubbing the base of the wings. Her walls clenched around his member as she came.

“Fluttershy I’m going to cum.”

“Please fill me up with your seed. I have been wanting this for so long that I am glad to finally have this.” James gave one final push as he released inside of Fluttershy. She screamed loudly as she was filled. Fluttershy fell onto James’ chest and James just held her as she calmed down. Fluttershy leaned in and kissed him. After the kiss was broken off Fluttershy fell asleep in his embrace and so did James soon after.

Dream Realm

James entered his dream world and was back at his house. He entered it and went towards the library that was there. James pulled out one of the books in the shelves to reveal a weapons room. James saw the drawing table that he had and went towards it. He grabbed his sketchbook that held some of the designs that he wanted to make to his house. Seeing as though he was in Equestria he could use some of these designs in his own personal home. He didn’t mind staying with Twilight but if he wanted to have good relationships with his friends he was going to need a place of his own where every room was specified to each of their tastes. James decided that he should also take one of his pistols that he kept in the back. He went to the far back near his safe where he kept his personal weapons that he used during the war. He opened it to reveal his Lady Hawk magnum. This magnum saw him through thick and thin and was glad to hold it once again. James couldn’t help but shake this feeling that Celestia or Luna would try and send him to his death.

James grabbed the holster, the magnum, and a few magazines. As he held them James sighed, as he knew the one person that was going to help him get these materialized to the real world. James stepped outside his house and imagined the deep recesses of his mind. When he reached the deep part of his mind he looked at Shadow who just looked at him smug.

“To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing my most favorite friend?”

“Listen here you are going to use your powers to materialize these back to the real world.”

“And why would I do that huh I may be trapped but I can wait.”

“You may be able to wait until the power on these chains wear out but I can make this very painful for you.” James then dreamed another Lady Hawk with an extended mag because he didn’t want to waste his own ammunition.

“Do you think that such a thing can hurt me? That thing holds no-AHHHHHHH!” Shadow screamed as he was shot in the leg by the gun. James just laughed that Shadow that he had control. As of right now he held no power and this was going to hurt him a lot.

“So are you going to comply now?” James just looked at Shadow unamused with his antics.

“NO!”

BANG

“Wrong answer so how about now?”

“NO!”

BANG

“Listen I can keep doing this every night if you want. If you just help me then we can end this little game and everyone can be on their merry way.”

“Fine I will materialize your weapons but don’t forget that I am coming for you when I am free.”

“And like I told you Shadow I will be waiting for you. Also remember the pain that you felt because you are going to be feeling that more often when we fight.” James laughed as he left the deep part of his mind and Shadow cursing at him. James was now standing in front of his house now and went back inside. James waited for the morning for when he woke up. To make sure though that nopony freaked out especially Fluttershy that he was bringing back a dangerous world from his world he put the holster around his waist and holstered his magnum. He put the extra magazines into their pockets and pulled his shirt down over them. To help pass the time James walked to his bedroom to watch a movie. When he got in he smiled that in his dream it stayed the same that he left it as when he came here.

James perused his DVD collection deciding on watching Shaun of The Dead. James loved this movie growing up as a kid. He put the DVD in the player and sat back in his chair to enjoy the movie. James laughed his butt more than he ever had in years. After everything he went through he was glad to have finally a good long laugh. James thought that if he got the housed finish being built he could probably use some solar panels that he has stashed away so he could bring back his TV and movie. A door showed up and there was a light shining over it. James knew that morning came and that it was time to leave. Before opening the door James checked to make sure that everything was hidden before he entered reality once again. Seeing that everything is well hidden he opened the door and went through with a smile on his face glad that he was bringing back extra protection with him to protect the ones he loved.

Author's Notes:

Three down eight to go.